Defunct developers

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

• Origin

• Digital Anvil

• Ion Storm

• Titus

• Infocom

• Legend Entertainment

• Papyrus

• Shiny

• Troika

• Spectrum Holobyte

• Virgin Interactive

• Bullfrog

• Sierra

• New World Computing

• Bitmap Brothers

• Westwood

• SSI

 

[Rage187]

No tears shed over Origin.

Now Seirra? Man, they made me want to be a hero, get drunk at a bar so I could overhear space coordinates and they taught me to always handcuff someone in the back.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Now Seirra? Man, they made me want to be a hero, get drunk at a bar so I could overhear space coordinates and they taught me to always handcuff someone in the back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_9mOWJRk3o&t=17m11s

 

[Rage187]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_9mOWJRk3o&t=17m11s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF86upeQv-c

2:30 in.

 

[Saint Nick]

No tears shed over Origin.

Now Seirra? Man, they made me want to be a hero, get drunk at a bar so I could overhear space coordinates and they taught me to always handcuff someone in the back.

Get out of my bar...you always cause trouble. (JKII)

 

[Rifter]

Microprose
Black Isle
SSI

 

[Arkaign]

Weep for humanity when you realize that MW3 has probably sold more copies than every game by every dev mentioned in this thread put together.

 

[purbeast0]

Weep for humanity when you realize that MW3 has probably sold more copies than every game by every dev mentioned in this thread put together.

yea, people purchasing and playing a game they enjoy is terrible for humanity.

 

[Macamus Prime]

Silicone Knights.

Yes, I know they are still around. But, I am REALLY hoping they go under and away.

 

[jrphoenix]

I was most sad about Pandemic / Bizarre / Ensemble.

Pandemic was partnered with Bioware... EA bought them both to get Bioware and gutted Pandemic pretty quickly.. I like Mercenaries.

Bizarre, I thought for sure MS would pick them up.. good team.. sad how it played out.

Ensemble was a great RTS team... MMO staffing killed them... never realeased the project & kept all the staffing.

 

[Via]

Volition is alive and well

Volition is based in Champaign? That's cool - I go there all the time, and I know an old high school friend of mine has been working for a gaming company there since he graduated from U of I. I haven't seen him in years, but I have to assume it could be them.

I might have to go check out their headquarters.